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# Getting Started

Before getting started with Boundary, it's important to understand a few key concepts. Please consult our [Boundary concepts](/docs/concepts) page to familiarize yourself with Boundary's architecture, and terminology.

## Requirements

The Getting Started section uses HCP Boundary, a HashiCorp hosted and fully-managed version of the Boundary product. 

To get started with HCP Boundary, users need:

- A [HashiCorp Cloud Platform](https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/sign-up) account
- A [Boundary binary](https://www.boundaryproject.io/downloads) in your `$PATH`
- Optionally, an [installation of Boundary Desktop](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/boundary/hcp-getting-started-desktop-app)

If you prefer to Get Started on your local machine, refer to [Run and Login in Dev Mode](/docs/oss/installing/run-and-login). For more information on Boundary OSS and self-managed installations, refer to [Boundary OSS](/docs/oss/index).
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			`# Getting Started`

			`Before getting started with Boundary, it's important to understand a few key concepts. Please consult our [Boundary concepts](/docs/concepts) page to familiarize yourself with Boundary's architecture, and terminology.`
docs: refactor getting started with connect examples (#442 ) 2020-09-25 09:40:34 -07:00
			`## Requirements`

Hashiconf docs changes (#2178 ) 2022-06-22 00:37:49 -06:00			`The Getting Started section uses HCP Boundary, a HashiCorp hosted and fully-managed version of the Boundary product.`
docs: refactor getting started with connect examples (#442 ) 2020-09-25 09:40:34 -07:00
Hashiconf docs changes (#2178 ) 2022-06-22 00:37:49 -06:00			`To get started with HCP Boundary, users need:`
docs: refactor getting started with connect examples (#442 ) 2020-09-25 09:40:34 -07:00
Hashiconf docs changes (#2178 ) 2022-06-22 00:37:49 -06:00			`- A [HashiCorp Cloud Platform](https://portal.cloud.hashicorp.com/sign-up) account`
			- A [Boundary binary](https://www.boundaryproject.io/downloads) in your `$PATH`
updates learn links (#2230 ) 2022-06-23 12:06:39 -06:00			`- Optionally, an [installation of Boundary Desktop](https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/boundary/hcp-getting-started-desktop-app)`
docs: refactor getting started with connect examples (#442 ) 2020-09-25 09:40:34 -07:00
Hashiconf docs changes (#2178 ) 2022-06-22 00:37:49 -06:00			`If you prefer to Get Started on your local machine, refer to [Run and Login in Dev Mode](/docs/oss/installing/run-and-login). For more information on Boundary OSS and self-managed installations, refer to [Boundary OSS](/docs/oss/index).`